Alfred Hitchcock was a British film director who mostly did mystery and suspense films. He was born in London in 1899. During his childhood, he had some bad experiences, as the death of his father when he was 14 years old. He studied engineering and navigation but he was more interested in the film industry. In 1920 he started designing the titles for silent movies.

In 1925, he married Alma Reville. They had one daughter, born in 1928, and remained married until Hitchcock's death in 1980. In 1926 Hitchcock made his debut in the thriller genre with The Lodger, which centered on a man who was suspected of murdering several women, the film was a great success among critics and audiences. Other British films by Alfred Hitchcock include Murder! (1930), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) The 39 Steps (1935)Sabotage (1936), and The Lady Vanishes (1938).

By this time Hitchcock had become known as Britain's most important film director. He moved to America in 1939, believing he would have more creative freedom. His first American film, Rebecca (1940) won an Academy Award for best film. After this debut in America he directed lots of other films in the following 20 years (one film every year) Just a few of his classic pictures of this period were Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Notorious (1946), Strangers on a Train (1951), Rear Window (1954) Vertigo (1958), and North by Northwest (1959). All of these films are about  murder and/or espionage and their effect on personal and social relationships.

In the 1960's he directed two of his most remembered films: Psycho (1960) is about a motel owner who is a serial killer "The Shower Scene" from this film is one of the most famous in the history of cinema. The Birds (1963) is about the inhabitants of a small town that suffer a massive attack by birds. The film has got remarkable special effects.

Hitchcock's latest movies were not very successful. In 1972, Hitchcock returned to London to film Frenzy. It is a tale of a psychopathic murderer who strangled women to death. It was his last major success.